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34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse

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**[http://web.archive.org/web/20040722123932/http://poonahorse.com/history.htm History]
*[http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/pphillipps.html Background to service of Colonel Henry Phillipps,2nd Bombay Light Cavalry, Poona Horse and Bombay Staff Corps] to include [http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/dtphillipps.html photographs showing details of uniform] website of Fred Larimore at fbl@dca.net
*[http://www.armynam.modac.uk/newsmicrosites/ww1/stories/lieutenant-frank-de-pass/26740#.aspx Memorial honours first Jewish WW1 heroVHbUllYWFFw Lieutenant Frank de Pass] Ministry of Defencenam.ac.uk. Lieutenant Frank Alexander de Pass of the 34th Prince Albert Victor’s Own Poona Horse was awarded the first Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC) and also the first Indian Army officer to win the award in the First World War. It was awarded for conspicuous bravery near Festubert, in the Artois region of France on the western front, on the 24th November 1914.**[http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/detail.php?acc=1995-06-59-1 Lieutenant de Pass in uniform 1914] nam.ac.uk**[http://www.army.mod.uk/news/26740.aspx Memorial honours first Jewish WW1 hero] Ministry of Defence.
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